Joe Theismann thinks LeBron James could play quarterback in the NFL
By Ben Chew / 27 May 2013
Back in high school, Miami Heat star LeBron James played wide receiver
at St. Vincent/St. Mary’s and some football scouts thought that he could become
one of the most talented wide receivers in college football if he stuck to the
gain.
In a phone interview with Fox Sports Florida, Joe stated that he would
love to mentor LeBron as a quarterback and possibly be his agent:
“I would love to work him out and also serve as his agent,” Theismann
said in a phone interview Saturday with FOX Sports Florida. “I’ll go wherever
he wants this summer. He could play another four years in the NBA before
seriously trying the NFL. … There are not a lot of 38- or 39-year-old
basketball players, but there are 38- and 39-year-old quarterbacks, so there’s
always time for him.”
Later in the interview, Theismann commented that LeBron not only has the
physical attributes to be a successful quarterback in the NFL but also the mind
for the game:
“I wouldn’t count him out. He’s the most tremendous physical specimen in
all of sports,” Theismann said about the 6-foot-8, 250-pound James. “I think
he’s certainly talented enough. He’s intelligent. He’s like the quarterback on
the Miami Heat, but there are so many things (to being an NFL quarterback).
“There’s reading defenses. There’s throwing the ball with touch. There’s
throwing a spiral in the wind. Maybe his hands are too big. The football is a
different shape, and a basketball is obviously a lot bigger than a football.”
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